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General => Video Game Bored => Topic started by: Howard Alan Treesong on November 24, 2008, 08:15:31 PM

Title: Vesperia for $35 new for the next hour
Post by: Howard Alan Treesong on November 24, 2008, 08:15:31 PM
Gold Box Deal

http://www.amazon.com/gp/goldbox/ref=cs_top_nav_gb27

Go Go Go

JRPG of the generation
Title: Re: Vesperia for $35 new for the next hour
Post by: Howard Alan Treesong on November 24, 2008, 08:16:31 PM
They are going fast, maybe more like 45 minutes
Title: Re: Vesperia for $35 new for the next hour
Post by: Howard Alan Treesong on November 24, 2008, 08:18:49 PM
What if another tales game is released on the 360? Would that be the jrpg of the generation?

if another Tales game is released for the 360 it will be the Tales B-team and not be as good as Vesperia
Title: Re: Vesperia for $35 new for the next hour
Post by: demi on November 24, 2008, 08:20:57 PM
Last Remnant is also $40
Title: Re: Vesperia for $35 new for the next hour
Post by: Howard Alan Treesong on November 24, 2008, 08:21:30 PM
Why does everyone have a B team? Don't they understand that B team normally sucks?

in the case of videogames it's because you want to annualize your franchises but it takes 2 years to make a game
Title: Re: Vesperia for $35 new for the next hour
Post by: drohne on November 24, 2008, 08:34:01 PM
what the hell, ordered. i had a $10 gift certificate, so even if I HATES IT i presume i can flip it at no particular loss
Title: Re: Vesperia for $35 new for the next hour
Post by: CurseoftheGods on November 24, 2008, 09:02:33 PM
The demo is ass, much like Burnout Paradise's.

The game does have its fair share of sugary animu crap, though.
Title: Re: Vesperia for $35 new for the next hour
Post by: Howard Alan Treesong on November 24, 2008, 09:16:21 PM
the game is kind of animu, but it has good writing and remarkably good VO, making it extremely tolerable

I hate animu and I was able to finish it just fine. there aren't any serious eyerolling moments until the last third
Title: Re: Vesperia for $35 new for the next hour
Post by: pilonv1 on November 24, 2008, 09:16:44 PM
PAL :'(
Title: Re: Vesperia for $35 new for the next hour
Post by: Bebpo on November 24, 2008, 09:45:03 PM
Last Remnant is also $40

soooooo tempting
Title: Re: Vesperia for $35 new for the next hour
Post by: demi on November 25, 2008, 12:28:57 AM
I really couldn't stand the animu shitstorm when I played the demo. Is the demo a good representation of the game itself or am I writing it off too quickly?

You have no time for RPGs, I'll give you my copy
Title: Re: Vesperia for $35 new for the next hour
Post by: Don Flamenco on November 25, 2008, 12:38:00 AM
i missed it.  man, I want a high quality next gen rpg so badly, the gameplay seems good, but this shit is so animu it hurts. 
Title: Re: Vesperia for $35 new for the next hour
Post by: Positive Touch on November 25, 2008, 12:15:38 PM
Why does everyone have a B team? Don't they understand that B team normally sucks?

in the case of videogames it's because you want to annualize your franchises but it takes 2 years to make a game

I'm praying for Guitar Hero World Tour, Need For Speed Undercover and Call of Duty: World at War to bomb and bomb hard so that the annualization trend will end.

too bad for you: GHWT and CoD (and maybe NFS, fuck if I know) are already doing well

the trend will never stop as long as there are companies that like making money
Title: Re: Vesperia for $35 new for the next hour
Post by: archie4208 on November 25, 2008, 12:44:58 PM
Why does everyone have a B team? Don't they understand that B team normally sucks?

in the case of videogames it's because you want to annualize your franchises but it takes 2 years to make a game

I'm praying for Guitar Hero World Tour, Need For Speed Undercover and Call of Duty: World at War to bomb and bomb hard so that the annualization trend will end.

too bad for you: GHWT and CoD (and maybe NFS, fuck if I know) are already doing well

the trend will never stop as long as there are companies that like making money

Wait, really? Didn't GHWT perform pretty poorly in the last NPD?

No.  Was the #2 game if you combined all versions.
Title: Re: Vesperia for $35 new for the next hour
Post by: Yeti on November 25, 2008, 01:17:29 PM
I got back home at 1:30 am and I saw that I had missed this and Soul Calibur 4. All they had left was some High School Musical game.  :'(
Title: Re: Vesperia for $35 new for the next hour
Post by: Jansen on November 25, 2008, 01:22:22 PM
damn that was $10 less then what i paid for it though gamefly

I want a high quality next gen rpg so badly, the gameplay seems good, but this shit is so animu it hurts. 

lost odyssey is your game then (http://www.amazon.com/Lost-Odyssey-Xbox-360/dp/B000ZJVDA2/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=videogames&qid=1227637245&sr=1-1)
Title: Re: Vesperia for $35 new for the next hour
Post by: Howard Alan Treesong on November 25, 2008, 09:17:00 AM
LO is way more intolerably animu than Vesperia
Title: Re: Vesperia for $35 new for the next hour
Post by: Kestastrophe on November 25, 2008, 09:34:35 AM
If it had been Last Remnant instead of Vesperia, I would have jumped
Title: Re: Vesperia for $35 new for the next hour
Post by: Don Flamenco on November 25, 2008, 09:45:47 AM
LO is way more intolerably animu than Vesperia

having played through the first disc of LO and the demo of Vesperia, all I can say is..wat?

The art style and VA of vesperia are like super animu concentrate.  While there are some recognizable English anime VAs in LO, it's going for a more Final Fantasy-ish angle (which is slightly anime-ish too.)  Then the battles in Vesperia have a veritable wall of sound with every character screaming special move names. 


edit: whoa, Gohastings had Lost Odyssey used for $11.80!  There seem to be a lot left in stock with them.  Snagged that right away. They're trustworthy--affiliated with Hastings stores and always ship stuff mint and complete.
Title: Re: Vesperia for $35 new for the next hour
Post by: Greatness Gone on November 26, 2008, 12:20:37 AM
LO is way more intolerably animu than Vesperia

This is a huge fucking lie, having beaten both of them.
Title: Re: Vesperia for $35 new for the next hour
Post by: Bebpo on November 26, 2008, 12:33:44 AM
Yeah uh, LO is just stupid, not necessarily super-animu.  LO is more cliche jrpg with silent protagonist & shitty friends vs. distinguished mentally-challenged villain.  Vesperia is cliche anime, though to its benefit Yuri is very non-anime for most of the game.  He bucks a lot of anime trends, and Estelle even bucks some herself.

Both stories are silly and stupid, though Vesperia has a stronger start.  The gameplay in both is great.  LO is a tech mess, Vesperia is polished.  Both are long.
Title: Re: Vesperia for $35 new for the next hour
Post by: demi on November 26, 2008, 12:34:37 AM
Kaim isnt really silent though
Title: Re: Vesperia for $35 new for the next hour
Post by: Howard Alan Treesong on November 27, 2008, 01:56:05 PM
yeah I guess it's not animu in the traditional sense but when I say "animu" what I mean is "stupid in that special way that only Japan can be"

LO is way more eye-rolling and full of Sakaguchi mommy issues
Title: Re: Vesperia for $35 new for the next hour
Post by: Himu on November 27, 2008, 02:05:35 PM
LO is way more intolerably animu than Vesperia

having played through the first disc of LO and the demo of Vesperia, all I can say is..wat?

LO has singing children.